My Twenty Four published books and two in the pipeline.

My hit counter has gone from well over one million to a few hundred thousand but I'm told that can't be helped as hit counters are outdated. Just saying!!!

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My jointly compiled book 'Steam Nostalgia in the North of England' with railway photographer Phil Braithwaite is out and in the shops. Neither of us was particularly happy about the mistakes made at the typesetting stage and will not be promoting it. The book, however, sold out quickly and has been re-issued with the mistakes rectified. Look for the second edition.

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We have now been contracted by The History Press to provide their flagship book commemorating 50 years since the end of mainline steam on British Railways. The book will be a hardback large format with the working title 'Remembering Steam', The end of British Rail Steam in Photographs. This will be out next year prior to that date in August when it ended.

MY POLICE AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH THE WORKING TITLE CAN I COME IN NOW SARGE WILL HOPEFULLY BE PUBLISHED SOON. A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY ANOTHER PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONALLY EDITED, THEN LEFT ON THE SHELF FOR THREE YEARS AND I GOT FED UP WITH WAITING.

iF ANY PUBLISHER IS INTERESTED,

THE BOOK COVERS THE LAUNCHING OF THE SECOND BIGGEST PAEDOPHILE ENQUIRY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

THE RECOVERY OF A KIDNAPPED CHILD THE DAY BEFORE THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLICE DRUG SEIZURES IN THE NORTHWEST (UNDERCOVER WORK)

Paul, I have nearly finished your book and I must say that I have not enjoyed

a read like it in a good while, the research you must have put into it is truly

amazing, insomuch as I could see in my minds eye the detail of the

streets of Liverpool even down to the road junctions and style of the housing,

I truly have not been able to put it down, the way that as a reader we are

gently lead into each page, then it just gets better and better, so much so

I think I held my breath for a chapter or two. Ralf and Angela are so believable,

and Angela"s parents typify a scouse mum and dad.I got so into it I was

reading with a scouse accent. The story never wavers in its intensity from

start to finish, it is a fantastic book and deserves to be on every bookshelf in

Liverpool and every bookshop everywhere.

Not quite finished it yet so don't ask me or tell me owt till I have.

Thanks Paul will be in touch when I,ve escaped its clutches. Dave.

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It has already had some success having been shortlisted to 5 and then WON the Agents Pick of the month from the prestigious Andrew Lownie agency.

Out of the five shortlisted titles, I'm delighted to announce that your book Waffen SS Britain was selected by The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency as this month's winner of the Agent's Pick competition!

David Haviland, a literary agent at Andrew Lownie, has said "Waffen SS Britain is an interesting counterfactual novel, in a similar vein to Robert Harris's Fatherland. Although it's a premise that we've seen before, the author takes a thoughtful and considered approach that I really enjoyed."